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Those powers expressly listed in the constitution are referred to as
The Supreme Court in Gibbons vs. Ogden interpreted the meaning of which constitutional power of Congress?
When the key pieces of the New Deal programs were struck down by the Supreme Court, President Franklin Roosevelt responded by:
The Dred Scott decision involved the issue of
What are the powers specifically given to the national government by the Constitution called?
The implied powers of Congress derive from which clause of the Constitution
The powers granted to the states in the Constitution are called _____ powers.
Which of the following conditions or strings is typically attached to a categorical formula grant?
President Lyndon Johnson promoted federal initiatives to help the poor as part of his _______ Program
Which of the following terms best describes the power relationship between the various layers of government during the era of cooperative federalism?
Which of the following characterized the era of dual federalism?
Federal laws that set up requirements for states without providing the money to pay for them are called
Which system grants sovereignty solely to noncentral governments, thereby making the central government dependent on them?
Which post-Civil War amendment required states to provide their citizens equal protection under the laws?
In the U.S System, which phrase best describes the relationship between the state governments and the local governments within the state?
A governmental structure with two levels of governmental in which each level has sovereignty over different policy matters and geographic areas is a _____ system.
Agreement on legislative representation which included a two house legislature made up of the senate and the house of representatives
Proposal for a two house legislature based on population
This is the region from the Appalachian Mountains west to the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river
James Madison proposed a strong national government of three branches- legislative, executive, and -------